❓ (1) Can the Minister advise as of 1 January 2015 how many WA seniors held seniors cards? (2) Can the Minister advise how many seniors have responded to your request to re-register for a seniors card i
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(1) Can the Minister advise as of 1 January 2015 how many WA seniors held seniors cards? (2) Can the Minister advise how many seniors have responded to your request to re-register for a seniors card in order to avail themselves of synergy concessions? (3) What is the backlog for re-registering these card holders? (4) Have additional staff been employed to process these applications and, if so, how many and for what time frame? (5) What are the number of seniors currently registered? (6) Is there any mechanism by which to make concessions retrospective?
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24 November 2015
Responded by
Minister for Seniors and Volunteering
Response time
34 days
(1) 365 302
(2) There has been no request made to seniors to re-register for a Seniors Card in order to avail themselves of Synergy concessions. From 1 July 2015, a Synergy concession is only available to holders of a Pensioner Concession Card, Health Care Card, Veterans' Affairs Gold Card (Totally and Permanently Incapacitated, War Widow and Dependent Child) or Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.
(3) Nil
(4) Not applicable
(5) 374 924 registered with the Seniors Card Program as at 26 October 2015.
(6) Several State Government agencies offer concessions to Western Australians and all have varying eligibility requirements.
(2) There has been no request made to seniors to re-register for a Seniors Card in order to avail themselves of Synergy concessions. From 1 July 2015, a Synergy concession is only available to holders of a Pensioner Concession Card, Health Care Card, Veterans' Affairs Gold Card (Totally and Permanently Incapacitated, War Widow and Dependent Child) or Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.
(3) Nil
(4) Not applicable
(5) 374 924 registered with the Seniors Card Program as at 26 October 2015.
(6) Several State Government agencies offer concessions to Western Australians and all have varying eligibility requirements.
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